"He's the Boatman. He Stays in the Boat!"

With this ultra-violent fourth entry in the Rambo canon you're in for a small surprise: While this is by no means a good movie in itself, it's still slightly better than expected (and better than its two predecessors.)

Of course, the pretty all-American girl is not harmed by the evil Burmese military while the villagers are slaughtered. Of course, the titular hero saves the day. Of course, it's all terribly two-faced and reactionary, building up a discrepancy between Hollywood action movie tropes and the terror on real killing fields (just as it was the case in the earlier installments, except for the first part, maybe.)

But in times of bland and forgettable Hollywood action entertainment with its pseudo-clever lines and outrageous situations, this (literally) visceral down-to-earth approach earns some extra points. It really gets to you in a smutty kind of way.

3 out of 10 sonorously mumbled laconic statements

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